Rouses

Rouses Supermarkets
Industry Retail
Founded 1923 as City Produce Company
Headquarters Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Number of locations
 37
Key people
 J.P. Rouse - Founder
Anthony Rouse
Ciro DiMarco
Products Grocery
Bakery
Seafood
Number of employees
 4,500
Website www.rouses.com

Rouses Supermarkets are a chain of grocery markets in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi with more than 5,000 employees. The company had its start as the City Produce Company, founded in Thibodaux, Louisiana by J. P. Rouse in 1923, which bought produce from local farmers in the Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, as well as the French Market in New Orleans, and shipped them around the United States. [1][2]

Interior of Rouses Market in New Orleans Central Business District, 2011.

In 1960, Anthony Rouse (son of J. P. Rouse) and his cousin, Ciro DiMarco, opened a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) grocery store in Houma, Louisiana. In the 1970s, the company operated stores in Houma, Raceland and the Rouses’ hometown of Thibodaux. During the 1980s, the company opened new stores in South Louisiana, in the communities of Lockport, Cut Off and Morgan City.

Rouses opened its first store in Metairie in 1995 and was then the largest independent grocer in Louisiana.

In 2003, Rouses opened a 54,000-square-foot (5,000 m2) store in Covington. That store was followed by other St. Tammany Parish locations in Mandeville in 2005 and Slidell in 2006.

In 2007, two years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the New Orleans area, Rouses acquired A&P’s Southern Division of 17 Sav-A-Center stores, effectively doubling the company in size, and giving the company its first stores in the city of New Orleans and in Mississippi. In 2008, Rouses acquired two additional stores in Mississippi.[3]

In January 2009, Rouses opened a newly constructed store in Youngsville, Louisiana, a community in the Lafayette area. This location was the first in the Acadiana region for the chain, its western-most store, and the biggest grand opening event in company history.

Anthony Rouse died on March 5, 2009 at the age of 79.[4][5]

In 2010, the company acquired a store in Mathews, Louisiana which was previously operated by Winn-Dixie.[6]

In 2011, Rouses opened a 40,000-square-foot full service grocery store in the Central Business District of New Orleans ending 45 years without.[7]

In 2013, Rouses expanded into Alabama by taking ownership of six Belle Foods stores in the Mobile area.[8] The first of those stores opened in Theodore, Alabama on February 9, 2014.[9]

In 2016, Rouses acquired Leblanc's Food Stores, expanding it's presence in the metro Baton Rouge area with 9 additional locations. All Leblanc's Food Stores were rebranded as Rouses Markets.[10]

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Rouses History". Rouses Supermarkets. 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  2. ↑ Anderson, George (September 24, 2010). "Rouses' Gulf Coast Success Story". Retail Wire. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cure, Sarah (August 8, 2008). "Hancock to get new grocery". Sea Coast Echo. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ Schmidt, Kathrine (March 15, 2009). "Rouses operations moving forward". Houma Today. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ King, Ronette (March 7, 2009). "Grocery magnate Anthony J. Rouse dies at age 79". The Times-Picayune.
  6. ↑ "Rouses acquires grocery store in Matthews". The Times-Picayune. May 27, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  7. ↑ Donze, Frank. (2011). Rouses Market on Baronne Street fills void in Central Business District. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ Rouses Markets taking ownership of six stores in Mobile, Baldwin counties from bankrupt Belle Foods. Retrieved October 04, 2013.
  9. ↑ Dugan, Kelli (2014-02-09). "It's geaux time! Louisiana-based Rouses Markets opens first of 5 Mobile, Baldwin stores". al.com.
  10. ↑ [email protected], BY TIMOTHY BOONE |. "Rouses Markets increases presence in Baton Rouge area, acquires LeBlanc's stores". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  11. ↑ "Tops of the Town". New Orleans Magazine. New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  12. ↑ Coviello, Will (August 24, 2009). "Best of New Orleans® 2009". Gambit. Best of New Orleans. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  13. 1 2 "Shopping". Thenorthshoresbest.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  14. ↑ "The Thibodaux Daily Comet | Thibodaux, LA". DailyComet.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  15. ↑ "The Courier". Houma, Louisiana: HoumaToday.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  16. ↑ "Shopping". Thebestofjeff.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  17. ↑ "Best Places to Work in Louisiana". Louisiana Life. New Orleans, LA: Myneworleans.com. January–February 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  18. ↑ "Best & Worst Grocery Stores". Daily Finance. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  19. 1 2 http://bestofneworleans.com
  20. ↑ "2008". Thenorthshoresbest.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  21. ↑ "The results are in!!". Thenorthshoresbest.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  22. ↑ "2006". Thenorthshoresbest.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  23. ↑ McTaggart, Jenny (March 1, 2006). "Born on the bayou" (PDF). Progressive Grocer. Retrieved 2011-09-04.

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